$10.5 million (1995); note - EU $34.5 million (2004)

Currency (code):
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Currency code:
XCD

Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7
(2003), 2.7 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Telephones - main lines in use:
22,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
70,600 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate system
domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF
radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the
Grenadines
international: country code - 1-784; VHF/UHF radiotelephone from
Saint Vincent to Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to
Saint Lucia; access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through
Saint Lucia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:
77,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus three repeaters) (2004)

Televisions:
18,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.vc

Internet hosts:
94 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
15 (2000)

Internet users:
8,000 (2005)

Transportation Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Airports:
6 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 829 km
paved: 580 km
unpaved: 249 km (2003)

Merchant marine:
total: 589 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,449,699 GRT/8,051,250 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 106, cargo 351, chemical tanker 5, container
20, liquefied gas 7, livestock carrier 1, passenger 5,
passenger/cargo 15, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 38, roll
on/roll off 20, specialized tanker 3
foreign-owned: 529 (Bangladesh 1, Barbados 1, Belgium 3, Bulgaria
17, Canada 6, China 103, Croatia 9, Cyprus 1, Czech Republic
registered in other countries: 1 (Comoros 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Kingstown

Military Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Police Force (includes Special Service Unit), Coast Guard (2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 31,489 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 25,787 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males